Who let the Dogs Out (Hamilton Bulldogs ehm 07 story)

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Just a few notes. I am using the UUB 6.1 roster continued by CJ as well as the realism ehm 07 patch, basically started the file unemployed and then this is where the story begins

May 2007

May 25th

With the Montreal Canadiens struggling over the past few years, the Montreal Canadiens decided to sell the team to the Molson Family. With that being said after the past struggling seasons they have decided that it’s time for a new direction. They fired Pierre Gauthier and started to begin their search on a new GM for the Montreal Franchise. With not many players signed they have their work cut out for them and to bring a winning brand back to Montreal. As Montreal has Hamilton Bulldogs as their farm team we know what it is like for the Canadiens fans of how success they want to be. As I sit at home in my Hamilton apartment as i just finished my smww hockey gm and scouting course I have decided to fill out application and fax it to the owners of the Montreal Canadiens who hire staff for the Hamilton squad. Growing up being from Hamilton and being a Hamilton fan I know what fans expect from the team to be successful. As I sit at my computer and look at the possible future of the Canadiens we have a bright future. Marc Bergevin has his work cut out for him and the team, before I look at all of the clubs rosters, a few hours after I sent in the fax I have received a phone call from the Montreal Canadiens to let me know that I have been named as the new Hamilton Bulldogs general Manager.

Our clubs Rival team is Rochester Americans (Buffalo/Florida)

The board must not be happy with the last gm because he does not expect much of me my first season.

Instead of the Gainey, Gauthier and Carbonneau era, before i started the file i put Marc Bergevin as gm, Rick Dudley as ass gm and Michel Therrien as head coach to see how well history would change from 2006 to present.

This past season Bergvein made the following trades during this season:

Mathieu Dandenault to Tampa for their 3rd in 07

Stars 5th in 07 to Minny for Peter Ratchuk

Garth Murray to Blues for 4th in 07

Sheldon Souray to Calgary for Dustin Boyd and Kris Chucko

Craig Rivet to Detroit for Derek Meech and their 3rd in 07

MTL’s 6th in 07, 7th in 07 and DET’s 3rd in 07 (from previous trade) to San Jose for Josh Gorges

Montreal even though they missed the playoffs, they have 1 1st, 1 2nd, 3 3rds, 1 4th and 1 5th pending any other trades for a total of 7 draft picks

Game 1 of the Calder Cup Finals heads to Providence as the Rampage take on the Bruins. Florida Panthers against Boston Bruins are going at it for the AHL Championship. Rampage takes a 1-0 series lead as they won by a score of 1-0 overtime win in game 1.

June 5th

Providence evens the series at 1 with a 2-1 overtime win over San Antonio in game 2 as it moves to Texas for games 3 and 4

June 7th

In game 3 of the Calder Cup heads to Texas as the series is tied 1-1. Providence shut out San Antonio 3-0 to take a 2-1 series lead.

The NHL has opened it trading window as now NHL teams can now start trading

Montreal has 45 of 50 contracts signed so they have 6 open spots for possible signings this summer. They have also put Yann Danis and David Aebischer as they plan to have Cristobal Huet and Carey Price or Jaroslav Halak in Montreal next season the idea to have Halak or Price as our starter next season couldn’t be any happier.

June 8th

The following are players on Montreal’s Roster who could be a UFA on June 30th if they are not resigned.

F – Radek Bonk

G – Yann Danis

F – Mike Johnson

D – Mike Komisarek

D – Janne Niinimaa

D – Peter Ratchuk

F – Michael Ryder

D – Patrick Traverse

June 9th

Provindence look to take a 3-1 lead as they are in Texas for game 4 with a 2-1 series lead. Providence Bruins shutout Rampage again this time its 2-0 as they take a 3-1 series lead as they now have a chance to win the Calder Cup on home ice in Game 5.

Our staff members have been looking over the possible of future Bulldogs, a few prospects that are being looked over by NHL teams right now for the draft are:

Patrick Kane – Colorado, Edmonton, Minnesota

PK Subban – Chicago, Edmonton

Logan Couture – Phoenix

Sam Gagner – Los Angeles

David Perron – Phoenix, Tampa

Jakub Voracek – Edmonton, Montreal, St. Louis, Washington, Winnipeg

Vitaly Karamnov – St. Louis, Toronto, Winnipeg

June 11th

Game 5 moves back to Providence as they try to win the 2007 Calder Cup on home ice. The Rampage win 1-0 in game 5 as the Bruins will now have to win on the road if they want to win the Championship as they still lead 3-2 in the series.

Montreal has traded Cirstobal Huet to Columbus for the San Jose Sharks 2nd round pick in 2007

June 13th

Game 6 goes down in San Antonio as they look to get back into the series and force a game 7 as Providence Bruins lead the series 3-2. The Rampage win 3-1 and force game 7 in Providence.

June 15th

Game 7 goes down in Providence as it’s anyones game as the series is tied 3-3. Providence needed overtime and what a way to win game 7 to take the series 4-3 over San Antonio Rampage as the Bruins become the 2007 AHL Calder Cup Champions

June 16th

Goalie Cedrick Desjardins has returned to our club where he was on loan to Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL where he went 11-16-5 2.54 GAA .894 Sv % 1 SO 7.79 AvR in 33gp. He is expected to make 10.5 k next season as he will battle for the back up job in Hamilton.

June 20th

Our parent club Montreal Canadiens has resigned Michael Ryder to a 1 yr extention where he was previously making 2,167,000 this season as he is scheduled to make 2.2 million this upcoming season

June 21st

Montreal has the following picks in the NHL 2007 Entry draft after the draft lottery:

We will be taking a different approach with this years training camp. Instead of scheduling a bunch of pre-season games and inviting like 60 players and going that way we will still invite some players but also any player who approaches our coaching staff will be invited to camp.

June 30th

With UFA beginning tomorrow it will bring some excitement of what the Canadiens could be possibility doing.

The following players have yet to be resigned by Montreal as they will be leaving as UFAs tomorrow.

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Dustin Boyd was voted on the Hamilton Bulldogs player of the year by the Fans. Boyd had a total of 54 pts this past season, scored 29 goals and had 24 assists and had 130 penalty minutes.

Phoenix Coyotes have fired Michael Barnett as their GM as they begin their search for a new GM

The AHL has released our 2007-2008 regular season schedule; we open the season with games against the Grand Rapids Griffins (home), Toronto Marlies (home) and Rochester (home) on October 6th, 7th and 13th respectively.

July 4th

Lou Lamoriello has retired as Devils GM as New Jersey Devils Gm as they begin their search for a new GM

July 5th

Montreal has brought back goalie Yann Danis as they have signed him to a new contract

July 6th

According to Sources Montreal Canadiens have put out an offer to defenseman Greg de Vries

Craig Patrick was named as new Phoenix Coyotes GM

Later in the night Montreal announced that it signed defenseman Greg de Vries to a 3 yr deal, 2.5 mill this season and 2.53 the next 2 after that for an average of 2.55 per yr.

Also Montreal has signed their 4th round pick last month Linus Omark to a contract. He will be playing for the Canadiens or our Bulldogs this upcoming season.

July 9th

Montreal havs signed two more players, they signed defenseman Matt Carle who they drafted 2nd round 53rd overall in 2006. He played for Acadie-Bathurst last season where he had 6g 32a 38pts -1 14 PIM 84 SOG 7.98 AvR.

They also signed their 1st round pick, 12th overall in Russian forward Egor Averin.

July 10th

We have signed former NHL Darroll Powe to a AHL contract.

July 13th

Doug Wilson was fired last season by San Jose Sharks and was replaced by Mike Keenan, however former Sharks GM Doug Wilson was hired as New Jersey Devils GM

Montreal has signed two more players. First they signed 25 yr old forward Carsen Germyn, the 25 yr old forward had 7g 11a 18pts +4 21 PIM 93 SOG 6.27 with Adirondack Flames in AHL.

The Canadiens also brought back a former face with Richard Zednik. After spending 4 ½ season with Montreal from 2001-2006 then he spent last season with Washington Capitals where he had 7g 11a 18pts Even 26 PIM 116 SOG 6.45 AvR. The staff of the Canadiens are hoping he has a better season this upcoming season.

John Muckler has retired and the Ottawa Senators have begin their search for a new GM

July 14th

Montreal has signed tough guy Arron Asham. Last season he spent with the Islanders where he had 8g 9a 17pts -12 26 PIM 84 SOG 6.64 AvR.

July 18th

Once again the Canadiens have signed more UFAs. The ysigned defenseman Mark Eaton and forward Josh Gratton. The 6`2 209lb defenseman Eaton spent last season with Pittsburgh where he had 2g 2a 4pts -1 16 PIM 29 SOG 6.96 AvR in 48 games.

Josh Gratton also spent last season with the Penguins however he was signed by Pittsburgh but playing for the Baby Penguins. In 69 with the baby pens he had 6g 6a 12pts -17 20 PIM 109 SOG 6.09 AvR.

July 21st

Montreal has released defenseman Anthony Butera to UFA. He spent last season with our club and St. Thomas of CIS.

July 24th

Former Atlanta Thrasher Ray Ferraro has left the Texas Wildcatters and be named the new Ottawa Senators GM

July 28th

Montreal has signed another player for our club 20 yr old Center Mike Swift. He spent last season with Niagara of OHL where he had 15g 44a for 59pts +2 46 PIM 163 SOG 7.18 AvR.

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Hamilton Bulldogs Annual training camp begins tomorrow. A total of 58 players are expected to participate in the training camp. This year there are 40 players attending the camp on a try out bases

We have 6 AHL roster contracts. That will be 1 goalie, 2 defense and three forward spots. Those 40 players have alot to do to impress our staff.

September 11th

Players showed up bright and early for physicals on Day One of Hamilton Bulldogs training camp. Showing outstanding shape were Chris korchinski and Eric Neilson. Only Darroll Powe was the only player with questions to answer.

The Hockey News has released their preview of the upcoming AHL season. In their preview the teams were ranked from top to bottom and the players most valuable to their teams were selected.

The Strongest Calder Cup contender was predicted to be the Toronto Marlies (Toronto Maple Leafs), with Portland Pirates (Colorado/Phoenix) right behind them. The press also ranked Hartford Wolfpack (NY Rangers) and Lehigh Valley Phantoms (Philadelphia Flyers) as solid contenders. At the bottom of the barrel, the Binghamton Senators (Ottawa Senators) and Iowa Wild (Minnesota Wild) are expected to struggle this year.

We have loaned Cameron Talbot out to Augusta Lynx and Elgin Reid and Benn Olson have both been loaned out to Alaska Aces. There was no room for us to send them to Wheeling as we share with Pittsburgh.

October 12th

Just so far in 3 games this season Montreal Canadiens are 0-3-0 3 GF 10 GA for last in the east. It’s still very early in the season as i think they will do well this season.

October 13th

Jaroslav Halak will get his third straight start on home as we take on Rochester Americans

Rochester Americans (1-0-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (2-0-0)

Latendresse (1)

Final: 3-1 L

Halak 25 of 27 saves; Latendresse 3rd star 1g

Game Stats:

Shots: ROC 28 – HAM 37

Powerplay: ROC 0 for 5 – HAM 0 for 4

PIM: ROC 10 – HAM 12

Hits: ROC 38 – HAM 34

Faceoff %: ROC 24.3 % - HAM 75.7 %

October 14th

AHL Player of the Week: Milwaukee’s Ramzi Abid 2gp 2g 3a 5pts

October 15th

Yann Danis will get the start tonight as we end our homestand at home tonight against Lehigh Valley Panthoms.

Lehigh Valley Phantoms (1-1-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (2-1-0)

Chucko (2) (Boyd, Purcell)

Averin (1) (Gorges, A. Kostitsyn) PP

D’Agostini (1) (Korneev) EN

Final: 3-1 W

Danis 16 of 17 saves; Dustin Boyd 3rd star 1a

Game Stats:

Shots: LV 17 – HAM 39

Powerplay: LV 0 for 1 – HAM 1 for 2

PIM: LV 4 - HAM 2

Hits: LV 33 – HAM 33

Faceoff %: LV 48.4 % - HAM 51.6 %

October 18th

We have three games in three days coming up starting with our first road game of the season on the 20th against St. John’s Icecaps followed by a home game against Utica on the 21st at home and then another home game on the 22nd against Chicago Wolves

October 20th

Jaroslav Halak is back in goal with the start tonight on the road against the IceCaps

After checking in with Montreal on the 12th of October they were 0-3-0 3 GF 10 GA, they have one more game tonight against Ottawa however currently they are 3-6-1 20 GF 26 GA and 13th in the East and only 4 pts out of a playoff spot. Islanders are 14th with 2-6-2 record 17 GF 32 GA with 6 pts and Flyers are last in East with a 1-8-0 record 20 GF 38 GA for 2 pts.

Linus Omark left the game and will be out of action for about a week with a enterior knee pain. Duncan Milroy will be put in his spot in the line up while Linus is out of the line up.

AHL Player of the Week: Syracuse’s Karri Ramo 3gp 3 wins 1 shutout

November 15th

We head on the road against the 2007 Calder Cup Champs in Providence as we take on the Bruins. Halak gets the start in goal.

Hamilton Bulldogs (10-3-1) @ Providence Bruins (7-4-2)

Final: 2-0 L

Halak 36 of 37 saves 1st star

Game Stats:

Shots: HAM 17 – PRO 38

Powerplay: HAM 0 for 1 – PRO 0 for 4

PIM: HAM 8 – PRO 2

Hits: HAM 35 – PRO 28

Faceoff %: HAM 36.6 % - PRO 63.4 %

We are off tomorrow before we finish our 3 games in four days with a road game against Albany on the 17th and a rematch against Bruins in Providence again on the 18th.

November 16th

Pavel Valentenko will be out of action for about 3 weeks after he suffered a hip flexor strain in practice today. We have placed him on IR. In 15gp he has 0g 5a 5pts +5 6 PIM 16 SOG 7.13 AvR. Vet Peter Ratchuk will get his shot in the line up.

November 17th

We continue our road trip as we head to Albany, NY to face the Devils. Jaroslav Halak will get the start in goal.

Hamilton Bulldogs (10-4-1) @ Albany Devils (8-5-2)

Averin (5) (Boyd, Kostitsyn) PP

Latendresse (8) (Gorges)

Final: 3-2 L

Halak 23 of 26 saves

Game Stats:

Shots: HAM 24 – ALB 26

Powerplay: HAM 1 for 3 – ALB 0 for 5

PIM: HAM 10 – ALB 6

Hits: HAM 32 – ALB 24

Faceoff %: HAM 44.7 % - ALB 55.3 %

Clayton Barthel will be in our line up tomorrow against the Bruins as Peter Ratchuk will come out of the line up.

November 18th

Halak will get the start in goal in a rematch from a week ago as we take on the Bruins.

We are off for 5 days as our next game won’t be until the 24th on the road against the Griffins. Then we play on the 25th at home against those same Griffins before we play the Comets at home on the 26th.

AHL Player of the Week: Grand Rapids Stefan Liv 2gp 2 wins

November 23rd

Linus Omark returns tomorrow night in our line up as he returns from his injury.

November 24th

Omark returns and Halak starts as we are on the road against the Griffins

Hamilton Bulldogs (11-5-1) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (9-3-5)

Purcell (9) (Chipchura, Omark)

Final: 3-1 L

Halak 26 of 28 saves

Game Stats:

Shots: HAM 35 – GRG 29

Powerplay: HAM 0 for 5 – GRG 0 for 2

PIM: HAM 4 – GRG 20

Hits: HAM 29 – GRG 25

Faceoff %: HAM 35.7 % - GRG 64.3 %

Andrei Kostitsyn will be out of action for about ten days with olecranon bursitis. He will be placed on the IR.

November 25th

With Andrei out Juraj Mikus will make his Bulldogs debut in Andrei spot in the line up.

Montreal has recalled defenseman Josh Gorges. In 20gp with our Bulldogs he had 6g 4a 10pts +6 6 PIM 59 SOG 8.05 AvR. Peter Ratchuk will return to the line up. Montreal reassigns us Jonathan Laberge however i don’t see him currently getting any games any time soon as we are already stacked in forwards.

Francis Bouillon was played on IR on the 22nd with anterior knee pain and Greg de Vries was placed on IR tonight with a sprained wrist.

November 29th

In our last game of the month of November Yann Danis will get the start tonight against the Stars

We finish our three in three nights tonight with a home game against Texas Stars. Jaroslav Halak will get the start in goal.

Texas Stars (3-16-2) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (16-6-1)

Omark (9) (Purcell) PP

Chucko (8) (Chipchura, Latendresse)

Lapierre (2) (Ratchuk) EN

Final: 3-1 W

Halak 21 of 22 saves 2nd star; Peter Ratchuk 1st star 1a

Game Stats:

Shots: TEX 22 – HAM 28

Powerplay: TEX 0 for 2 – HAM 1 for 6

PIM: TEX 12 – HAM 4

Hits: TEX 26 – HAM 39

Faceoff %: TEX 80.0 % - HAM 20.0 %

Corey Locke has played his 200th AHL Career game hitting a milestone in his career.

December 5th

A very busy weekend coming up as we play four games in 5 days with a home game against IceCaps tomorrow, a road game against Rochester on the 7th, and then home games on the 9th against Rochester and a home game against Bridgeport on the 10th.

December 6th

Andrei Kostitsyn returns to the line up tonight as we play host to St. John’s. Corey Locke becomes a healthy scratch.

St. John’s IceCaps (11-10-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (17-6-1)

Benoit (4) (Purcell, Omark)

Chipchura (2) (Latendresse, Chucko)

Final: 2-0 W

Halak 25 of 25 saves 1st star; Andre Benoit 2nd star 1 goal

Game Stats:

Shots: STJ 25 – HAM 33

Powerplay: STJ 0 for 3 – HAM 0 for 3

PIM: STJ 8 – HAM 6

Hits: STJ 21 – HAM 32

Faceoff %: STJ 52.2 % – HAM 47.8 %

December 7th

We play our second in 5 as we head on the road against Rochester Americans

Maxim Lapierre left the game and will be out of action for ten days with enterior knee pain. Mike Swift will be making his debut while Lapierre is out due to injury

After the game Montreal has decided to recall Dustin Boyd, in 29 games with our club this season he has 2g 26a for 28pts +16 2 PIM 65 SOG 7.62 AvR. Darroll Powe will get the chance to prove himself with our club as he has yet to get in a game so far this season.

December 16th

We continue our three games in three days with our second game in 3 days with a road game against Lehigh Valley Phantoms.

Kris Chucko left the game with a olecanon bursitis and will be out of action for about ten days.

The good thing is we don’t play until the 27th which is in 5 days so we will hope he is day to day by then.

December 23rd

With how well our club has been doing we have decided to renew all contracts to all coaches, scouts, training staff

AHL Player of the Week: Grand Rapids Matt Hussey 2gp 6 goals

ECHL Saver of the Week: Augusta Cameron Talbot 3gp 2 wins 2 shutouts

December 27th

With Derek Meech out, Dan Jancevski will return to the line up. With Kris Chucko will be out of the line up however with Maxim Lapierre day to day with his knee pain he will be in the line up tonight as we return from our xmas break.

We finish the year of 2007 and month of December with four games in five days as tonight was game one, tomorrow is game 2 against Toronto Marlies, on the 29th against Icecaps on the road and then on the 31st against Bridgeport on the road.

Guillaume Latendresse will be out of action for about ten days after he suffered a twisted knee

December 28th

With Latendresse out of action Carsen Germyn will be making his Bulldogs debut this season as Halak gets the start in goal against the Marlies.

Toronto Marlies (9-21-6) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (26-6-1)

Gratton (3) (Powe)

Ratchuk (5) (Swift)

Final: 4-2 L

Halak 28 of 32 saves

Game Stats:

Shots: TOR 32 – HAM 39

Powerplay: TOR 2 for 8 – HAM 0 for 3

PIM: TOR 6 – HAM 16

Hits: TOR 21 – HAM 31

Faceoff %: TOR 20.7 % - HAM 79.3 %

Toronto ended our lovely streak of 14 wins in a row from November 26th to December 27th with the loss tonight, we have gone 15 games without losing November 25th to the 27th of December. We made history and I am very proud of our team.

Toronto Marlies have fired their GM Bob Gainey. The Toronto Marlies is 26th in the league with a record of 10-21-6 for 26 pts with texas Stars the only worst team below them with a record of 8-21-4 with 20 pts.

We finish the month of December and the year of 2007 as we head to Bridgeport to take on the Sound Tigers.

Hamilton Bulldogs (27-7-1) @ Bridgeport Sound Tigers (19-9-6)

Averin (12) (Lapierre)

Final: 1-0 W

Halak 37 of 37 saves 1st star; Korneev 3rd star

Game Stats:

Shots: HAM 30 – BGD 37

Powerplay: HAM 0 for 4 – BGD 0 for 2

PIM: HAM 4 – BGD 8

Hits: HAM 33 – BGD 24

Faceoff %: HAM 45.7 % - BGD 54.3 %

Monthy Stats

Month of December: 15gp 14-1-0 48 GF 21 GA

Overall Record: 36gp 28-7-1 .792 116 GF 65 GA 14.3 % 90.5 % 57 Pts 1st North Division, 16 pts ahead of Rochester for Division lead, we lead the league right now with 57 pts with Portland behind us by 4 pts who is 2nd in the league in points.

We have a busy schedule coming up with four games in five days with four home games two back to back in three days against Texas Stars on the 7th and 9th and then Norfolk Admirals at home on the 10th and then St. John’s on the 11th.

AHL Player of the Week: Milwaukee’s Richard Clune 2gp 3g 3a 6pts

February 7th

We begin our four games in five days on home ice as we take on Texas Stars.

Texas Stars (31-20-1) @ Hamilton Bulldogs (36-10-3)

Bass (14) (Thuresson, Powe)

Gordichuk (15) (Thuresson, Courchaine) PP

Smyth (6)

Final: 5-3 L

Racine 22 of 27 saves; Darroll Powe 3rd star 1a

Game Stats:

Shots: TEX 27 – HAM 35

Powerplay: TEX 2 for 7 – HAM 1 for 5

PIM: TEX 17 – HAM 39

Hits: TEX 25 – HAM 34

Faceoff %: TEX 47.8 % - 52.2 %

February 8th

Cody Bass will be out of action for about ten days after he suffered a twisted knee in practice today

February 9th

Ian McDonald returns to the line up in Cody Bass’s spot as we play host to the Texas Stars

Tobias Stephan left the game with a arm contusion and will be out of action for about a week.

February 19th

JF Racine will get the start tonight as Julien Ellis will serve as back up as we continue our road trip against Syracuse Crunch.

Hamilton Bulldogs (39-13-3) @ Syracuse Crunch (23-26-6)

Powe (8) (Thuresson, Gordichuk) PP

Kukkonen (13) (Courchaine) PP

Hamilton:

Powe: Miss

McDonald: Goal

Courchaine: Goal

Kukkonen: Goal

3 for 4

Syracuse:

Lundin: Miss

Simon: Miss

Kronwall: Goal

Polushin: Miss

1 for 4

Final: 3-2 SOW

Racine 27 of 29 saves 2nd star

Game Stats:

Shots: HAM 31 – SYR 30

Powerplay: HAM 2 for 11 – SYR 1 for 9

PIM: HAM 18 – SYR 24

Hits: HAM 21 – SYR 32

Faceoff %: HAM 69.0 % - SYR 31.0 %

NHL Trade Deadline is in 4 days it will be interesting to see what Montreal staff and Marc Bergevin the GM will do at the NHL Trade Deadline.

February 21st

Montreal has placed Nate Guenin on waviers and has reassigned him to our club

February 22nd

On the eve of the NHL Trade Deadline day we play three in three days starting tomorrow with a home game against the Crunch and then back to back road games against the Griffins.

February 23rd

Nate Guenin cleared waviers as he will play in tonights home game against the Crunch as Racine will start as Stephan is still out with injury. Steve Later will be a healthy scratch with Guenin coming into the line up

With that trade that Montreal made they have reassigned us david Desharnais.

February 24th

Today is our first game post NHL Deadline as we head on the road against Grand Rapids Griffins. JF Racine will be in goal. Elgin Reid will take Clayton Barthel spot in the line up on defense, Ian McDonald comes out of the line up for David Desharnais.

Hamilton Bulldogs (41-13-3) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (27-21-8)

Kukkonen (14) (Desharnais)

Reid (Bass)

Final: 4-2 L

Racine 23 of 26 saves

Game Stats:

Shots: HAM 31 0 GRD 27

Powerplay: HAM 0 for 13 – GRD 1 for 3

PIM: HAM 6 – GRD 26

Hits: HAM 20 – GRD 32

Faceoff %: HAM 70.3 % - 29.7 %

February 25th

We finish off our three games in three days with a road game in Grand Rapids again as we face the Griffins. Tobias Stephan will get the start in goal

Hamilton Bulldogs (41-14-3) @ Grand Rapids Griffins (28-21-8)

Korchinski (14) (Kukkonen, Courchaine)

Powe (11) (Desharnais, Thuresson)

Final: 3-2 L

Stephan 28 of 31 saves; Lasse Kukkonen 2nd star 1a

Game Stats:

Shots: HAM 27 – GRD 31

Powerplay: HAM 0 for 5 – GRD 0 for 7

PIM: HAM 14 – GRD 12

Hits: HAM 23 – GRD 30

Faceoff %: HAM 70.4 % - GRD 29.6 %

February 28th

We finish the month off with a road game against Milwaukee Admirals. JF Racine will get the start in goal

Overall Record: 60gp 42-15-3 .725 259 GF 180 GA 19.1 PP 89.6 PK % 87 Pts 1st North Division, 12 pts ahead of Toronto Marlies who are in 2nd in the division. Rochester holds the 4th place in the Division with 50 pts. Chicago leads the league with 104 pts with Binghamton in 100 pts and Providence is 3rd place with 91 pts and we are in 4th in the league.

G: Gordichuk 18; Courchaine 17; Thuresson 16; 4 tied at 15

A: Courchaine 40; Bass 38; Thuresson 29; 2 tied at 22

PTS: Courchaine 57; Bass 53; Thuresson 45; Gordichuk 50

+/-: Brown, Kukkonen +26; Bordeleau +25; Barthel +21, Drewiske +14

PIM: Brown 226; Bass 91; Later 88; Barthel 84; Courchaine 63

SOG: Gordichuk 144; Courchaine 137; Thuresson 134; Bass 131

HT: Brown 227

SB: Drewiske 85

TA: Kukkonen 13

GAA: Bacashihua 2.09

SV%: Bacashihua .928

AvR: Powe 8.12

Goalies:

Julien Ellis – 4gp 1-1-0 3.96 GAA .863 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 6.75 AvR

JF Racine – 46gp 32-11-1 2.97 GAA .879 Sv % 2 SO 4 EN 7.37 AvR

Tobias Stephan – 6gp 3-2-0 3.21 GAA .890 Sv % 0 SO 0 EN 7.83 AvR

February 29th

AHL Player of the Month: Toronto’s Jeff Campbell 3gp 3g 4a 7pts

AHL Rookie of the Month: Providence’s Greg Moore 14gp 11g 14a 25pts

Just found out that Montreal has released Jason Bacashihua so we will be going with Tobias Stephan and JF Racine for rest of the season. They also released Greg Lauze.